In 1976, the average undergraduate resident tuition at UW System 4-year campuses was $556 per year. By 2009, the annual cost of educating an undergraduate student in the UW System had risen to $10,013 per student.
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The Census defines e-commerce sales as goods and services where an order is placed by the buyer or price and terms of sale are negotiated over the Internet, extranet, Electronic Data Interchange network, e-mail, or other online system. According to the most recent Wal-Mart Annual Report, the U.S. sales for Wal-Mart (including Sam’s Club) for the 12 months ending January 31, 2010 totaled $258 billion.
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau E –Stats, business-to-consumer (B-to-C) online sales (goods and services) totaled $288 billion in 2008. But this is only part of online sales; businesses also sell to other businesses.
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The U.S. Census E-Stats reports that business to consumer e-commerce service revenues totaled $146 billion in 2008. In contrast, that’s more than the $142 billion consumers spent on retail online in 2008.
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In 2009, consumers purchased $143 billion in retail goods online from U.S. businesses. That compares to $27 billion in online retail in 2000. Online retail sales include purchases from online only retailers like Amazon and traditional retail companies like Barnes and Nobel and Best Buy that also sell online.
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How long does it take to pay off a credit card using the minimum payment?
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The Sustainable Wage Standard measure the level of income needed to meet a family’s basic needs without public or private assistance. It includes the minimum necessities, but does not include longer-term needs such as college or retirement savings or short-term “luxuries” like dining out or holiday gifts. What hourly wage does a Dane County family of four (two adults, a preschooler and a school-age child) need in 2010 to earn the Sustainable Wage Standard if both adults in the family work full time?
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According to 2009 data from the Federal Highway Administration, licensed drivers in the U.S. drive an average of 284 miles per week. In 2009, there were 331,506 licensed drivers in Dane County. If each licensed Dane County resident reduced their driving by 10 miles per week, how much gasoline would be saved each year?
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In 2007, Wisconsin ranked ninth nationally in the total market value of agricultural products sold. Wisconsin’s agricultural producers sold $2.6 billion worth of crops (such as grain, vegetables, fruit, and tobacco) and $6.3 billion of livestock and their products (such as cattle, hogs, milk, eggs). What county was the top producer in Wisconsin?
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According to the most recent U.S. Census data, 40,389 Dane County households (21.5 percent of all households in the county) include a husband, wife and at least one child under the age of eighteen. In what percentage of those households are both parents employed?
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